Brook
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BROOK.The Heb. words thus rendered are1. Aphîq, meaning the actual bed of the stream (Psa_42:1), tr. [Note: translate or translation.] also by stream and river. 2. Yeôralmost always used of the Nile and water-trenches of Egypt. It is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] brook only in Isa_19:6-8. Once it is used for the water-channel (Job_28:10); once (Isa_33:21) it is rendered stream; while in Dan_12:1-13 it stands for the Tigris. 3. Mîkhal (2Sa_17:20), a word of uncertain derivation and meaning. 4. Nachal is the most usual word for EV [Note: English Version.] brook. It is the exact equivalent of the Arab wâdy, which means a valley containing a stream of water. It may be applied to the valley (Num_21:12 etc.), or to the water-course alone (Deu_9:21 etc.), which is still the wady, even after it has escaped from the valley.
The slopes of the mountain range of Western Palestine are deeply furrowed by a succession of great wadys. The sides of the mountains that dip into the Jordan Valley are far steeper than those to the W., and the streams flowing eastward plunge down through awful chasms, worn deep with the lapse of ages. In the longer descent westward the valleys frequently open into beautiful and fertile glades. For the most part the brooks, fed only by the rain, dry up in the summertime, and the mills along their banks fall silent, waking to fresh activity again only with the music of the rushing storm. There are, however, streams fed by perennial springs, such as el-Aujeh and the Kishon, W. of Jordan, and the Yarmuk and the Jabbok on the east.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
aphiquw. A torrent sweeping through a mountain gorge, in the poetical books alone. Yeor, the Nile canals, Isa_19:6-8; Isa_23:3; Isa_23:10, but general in Dan_12:5-7. Mical, a rivulet (2Sa_17:20). Nachal, the torrent bed, and the torrent itself (Num_21:12; 1Ki_17:3); the Arabic wady; Indian nullah; Greek cheimarrous.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
is distinguished from a river by its flowing only at particular times; for example, after great rains, or the melting of the snow; whereas a river flows constantly at all seasons. However, this distinction is not always observed in the Scripture; and one is not unfrequently taken for the other,the great rivers, such as the Euphrates, the Nile, the Jordan, and others being called brooks. Thus the Euphrates, Isa_15:7, is called the brook of willows. It is observed that the Hebrew word, נחל , which signifies a brook, is also the term for a valley, whence the one is often placed for the other, in different translations of the Scriptures. To deal deceitfully as a brook, and to pass away as the stream thereof, is to deceive our friend when he most needs and expects our help and comfort, Job_6:15; because brooks, being temporary streams, are dried up in the heats of summer, when the traveller most needs a supply of water on his journey.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
brook (נחל, naḥal, אפיק, 'āphı̄ḳ, יאור, ye'ōr, מיכל, mı̄khāl; χείμαρῥηος, cheı́marrhos): In Palestine there are few large streams. Of the smaller ones many flow only during the winter, or after a heavy rain. The commonest Hebrew word for brook is naḥal, which is also used for river and for valley, and it is not always clear whether the valley or the stream in the valley is meant (Num_13:23; Deu_2:13; 2Sa_15:23). The Arabic wādy, which is sometimes referred to in this connection, is not an exact parallel, for while it may be used of a dry valley or of a valley containing a stream, it means the valley and not the stream. 'Āphı̄ḳ and ye'ōr are translated both ?brook? and ?river,? ר, ye'or being generally used of the Nile (Exo_1:22, etc.), though in Dan_12:5-7, of the Tigris. Cheimarrhos, ?winter-flowing,? is applied in Joh_18:1 to the Kidron. Many of the streams of Palestine which are commonly called rivers would in other countries be called brooks, but in such a dry country any perennial stream assumes a peculiar importance.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
The original word (Nahal) thus translated might better be rendered by torrent. It is applied, 1. to small streams arising from a subterraneous spring, and flowing through a deep valley, such as the Arnon, Jabbok, Kidron, Sorek, etc.; and also the brook of the willows, mentioned in Isa_15:7; Isaiah 2. to winter-torrents, arising from rains, and which are soon dried up in the warm season (Job_6:15; Job_6:19). Such is the noted river (brook) of Egypt, so often mentioned as at the southernmost border of Canaan (Num_34:5; Jos_15:4; Jos_15:47), and, in fact, such are most of the brooks and streams of Palestine, which are numerous in winter and early spring, but of which very few survive the beginning of the summer.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
1Sa_17:40 (c) This may be taken as a figure of the Word of GOD from which we may take portions and passages (stones), to hurl at GOD's enemies.
1Ki_17:5 (c) This may be taken as a picture of the temporary character of the pleasures and programs which the world offers to the soul.
Job_6:15 (b) Here we have an indication of the vacillating character of human relationships. The best of friends separate. The sweetest fellowships often turn to bitter animosities.
Psa_42:1 (b) This is a type of the rich blessings found in the Word of GOD, and in His fellowship by those who seek Him with the whole heart.
Psa_110:7 (b) Possibly this brook refers to the intimate fellowship that JESUS had with His Father as He communed with Him in prayer, and learned of Him in His study of the Word.
Pro_18:4 (b) Here is described the refreshing, life-giving character of man's helpful counsel to his fellowmen.
Isa_15:7 (c) Possibly this is a reference to the transient character of possessions which will soon be carried away by the stream of time. We too should remember to keep short accounts with GOD. When we fail or falter, when we drift around and wander, let us come back to Calvary and look up to that precious One who is living on the Throne and whose blood cleanseth from all sin. There is no excuse for any Christian remaining out of fellowship with GOD.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.
Brook
(very generally נִחִל, nachal'; Sept. and N.T. χείμῤῥος), rather a torrent.-
It is applied,
1. to small streams arising from a subterraneous spring and flowing through a deep valley, such as the Arnon, Jabbok, Kidron, Sorek, etc., and also the brook of the willows, mentioned in Isa_15:7;
2. to winter-torrents arising from rains, and which are soon dried up in the warm season (Job_6:15; Job_6:19). Such is the noted river (brook) of Egypt so often mentioned as at the southernmost border of Palestine (Num_34:5; Jos_15:4; Jos_15:47); and, in fact, such are most of the brooks and streams of Palestine, which are numerous in winter and early spring, but of which very few survive the beginning of the summer.
3. As this (Heb.) word is applied both to the valley in which a brook runs and to the stream itself, it is sometimes doubtful which is meant (see Gesenius, Thes. p. 873). SEE STREAM.
To deal " deceitfully as a brook," and to pass away "as the stream of brooks" (Job_6:15), is to deceive our friend when he most needs our help and comfort; because brooks, being temporary streams, are dried up in the heats of summer, and thus the hopes of the traveller are disappointed (see Hackett's Illustra. of Scripture, p. 16). SEE RIVER.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
The slopes of the mountain range of Western Palestine are deeply furrowed by a succession of great wadys. The sides of the mountains that dip into the Jordan Valley are far steeper than those to the W., and the streams flowing eastward plunge down through awful chasms, worn deep with the lapse of ages. In the longer descent westward the valleys frequently open into beautiful and fertile glades. For the most part the brooks, fed only by the rain, dry up in the summertime, and the mills along their banks fall silent, waking to fresh activity again only with the music of the rushing storm. There are, however, streams fed by perennial springs, such as el-Aujeh and the Kishon, W. of Jordan, and the Yarmuk and the Jabbok on the east.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
aphiquw. A torrent sweeping through a mountain gorge, in the poetical books alone. Yeor, the Nile canals, Isa_19:6-8; Isa_23:3; Isa_23:10, but general in Dan_12:5-7. Mical, a rivulet (2Sa_17:20). Nachal, the torrent bed, and the torrent itself (Num_21:12; 1Ki_17:3); the Arabic wady; Indian nullah; Greek cheimarrous.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
is distinguished from a river by its flowing only at particular times; for example, after great rains, or the melting of the snow; whereas a river flows constantly at all seasons. However, this distinction is not always observed in the Scripture; and one is not unfrequently taken for the other,the great rivers, such as the Euphrates, the Nile, the Jordan, and others being called brooks. Thus the Euphrates, Isa_15:7, is called the brook of willows. It is observed that the Hebrew word, נחל , which signifies a brook, is also the term for a valley, whence the one is often placed for the other, in different translations of the Scriptures. To deal deceitfully as a brook, and to pass away as the stream thereof, is to deceive our friend when he most needs and expects our help and comfort, Job_6:15; because brooks, being temporary streams, are dried up in the heats of summer, when the traveller most needs a supply of water on his journey.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
brook (נחל, naḥal, אפיק, 'āphı̄ḳ, יאור, ye'ōr, מיכל, mı̄khāl; χείμαρῥηος, cheı́marrhos): In Palestine there are few large streams. Of the smaller ones many flow only during the winter, or after a heavy rain. The commonest Hebrew word for brook is naḥal, which is also used for river and for valley, and it is not always clear whether the valley or the stream in the valley is meant (Num_13:23; Deu_2:13; 2Sa_15:23). The Arabic wādy, which is sometimes referred to in this connection, is not an exact parallel, for while it may be used of a dry valley or of a valley containing a stream, it means the valley and not the stream. 'Āphı̄ḳ and ye'ōr are translated both ?brook? and ?river,? ר, ye'or being generally used of the Nile (Exo_1:22, etc.), though in Dan_12:5-7, of the Tigris. Cheimarrhos, ?winter-flowing,? is applied in Joh_18:1 to the Kidron. Many of the streams of Palestine which are commonly called rivers would in other countries be called brooks, but in such a dry country any perennial stream assumes a peculiar importance.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
The original word (Nahal) thus translated might better be rendered by torrent. It is applied, 1. to small streams arising from a subterraneous spring, and flowing through a deep valley, such as the Arnon, Jabbok, Kidron, Sorek, etc.; and also the brook of the willows, mentioned in Isa_15:7; Isaiah 2. to winter-torrents, arising from rains, and which are soon dried up in the warm season (Job_6:15; Job_6:19). Such is the noted river (brook) of Egypt, so often mentioned as at the southernmost border of Canaan (Num_34:5; Jos_15:4; Jos_15:47), and, in fact, such are most of the brooks and streams of Palestine, which are numerous in winter and early spring, but of which very few survive the beginning of the summer.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
1Sa_17:40 (c) This may be taken as a figure of the Word of GOD from which we may take portions and passages (stones), to hurl at GOD's enemies.
1Ki_17:5 (c) This may be taken as a picture of the temporary character of the pleasures and programs which the world offers to the soul.
Job_6:15 (b) Here we have an indication of the vacillating character of human relationships. The best of friends separate. The sweetest fellowships often turn to bitter animosities.
Psa_42:1 (b) This is a type of the rich blessings found in the Word of GOD, and in His fellowship by those who seek Him with the whole heart.
Psa_110:7 (b) Possibly this brook refers to the intimate fellowship that JESUS had with His Father as He communed with Him in prayer, and learned of Him in His study of the Word.
Pro_18:4 (b) Here is described the refreshing, life-giving character of man's helpful counsel to his fellowmen.
Isa_15:7 (c) Possibly this is a reference to the transient character of possessions which will soon be carried away by the stream of time. We too should remember to keep short accounts with GOD. When we fail or falter, when we drift around and wander, let us come back to Calvary and look up to that precious One who is living on the Throne and whose blood cleanseth from all sin. There is no excuse for any Christian remaining out of fellowship with GOD.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.
Brook
(very generally נִחִל, nachal'; Sept. and N.T. χείμῤῥος), rather a torrent.-
It is applied,
1. to small streams arising from a subterraneous spring and flowing through a deep valley, such as the Arnon, Jabbok, Kidron, Sorek, etc., and also the brook of the willows, mentioned in Isa_15:7;
2. to winter-torrents arising from rains, and which are soon dried up in the warm season (Job_6:15; Job_6:19). Such is the noted river (brook) of Egypt so often mentioned as at the southernmost border of Palestine (Num_34:5; Jos_15:4; Jos_15:47); and, in fact, such are most of the brooks and streams of Palestine, which are numerous in winter and early spring, but of which very few survive the beginning of the summer.
3. As this (Heb.) word is applied both to the valley in which a brook runs and to the stream itself, it is sometimes doubtful which is meant (see Gesenius, Thes. p. 873). SEE STREAM.
To deal " deceitfully as a brook," and to pass away "as the stream of brooks" (Job_6:15), is to deceive our friend when he most needs our help and comfort; because brooks, being temporary streams, are dried up in the heats of summer, and thus the hopes of the traveller are disappointed (see Hackett's Illustra. of Scripture, p. 16). SEE RIVER.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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